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The Story of How ‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical' Went From Social Media Hit to Broadway Production
“Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” is getting the Broadway treatment as an all-star streaming event after a social media ode to the 2007 Disney Pixar film became a hit with over 20 million views. Daniel Mertzlufft, the NYC based composer who started the social movement, joined LX News to talk about the virtual concert and how it will do some good...
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Broadway Shutdown Extended Until May 30 Due to COVID-19
The lights on Broadway are set to remain dark until at least January, but there will be a plethora of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with a handful of self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Laura Linney and David Alan Grier.
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Larry Kramer, Playwright and AIDS Activist, Dies at 84
Time never softened the urgency of Larry Kramer’s demands. Theatergoers leaving a celebrated revival of Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” in 2011 were greeted by the playwright himself, deep in his 70s by then, handing out leaflets outside the Broadway theater demanding they do more to stop AIDS. “Please know that AIDS is a worldwide plague. Please know there is...
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Images Show What Socially Distant Theaters May Look Like
Germany’s Berliner Ensemble theater company’s before-and-after pictures with half the chairs removed hint at how theaters may look when they reopen.
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Curtains Closed: How DC's Burgeoning Theatre Scene Is Adapting to COVID-19
Actor’s Equity, a national actors’ union, recently called the Washington, D.C. region one of the fastest-growing theater towns in America. But, it’s been nearly two months since dozens of local theaters sent actors home and went dark because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Broadway Finds a Way for the Show to Go on Amid Coronavirus
The theater community went online to deliver music and performances to disappointed fans after shows were forced to close through April 12.
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‘Hamilton' Is Returning to the Kennedy Center
If you still haven’t seen “Hamilton,” you’re getting another shot. The blockbuster play is set to show again at the Kennedy Center from June 16 to Sept. 20. Kennedy Center members will be able to purchase tickets starting March 2. Tickets go on sale to the general public March 9. Info about the cost of tickets will be released later,…